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...wasn't long before Franks was a marked man. After he served in Desert Storm, directing helicopter and ground units, the Army's high command gave him the job of remaking the service for the post--cold war world. "He has an uncanny ability to look at complex situations and go from concept to application," says Sullivan, who launched the effort. A steady stream of plum assignments came Franks' way in the 1990s, culminating in the Central Command, and his fourth star, in July...
...former President regards Saddam Hussein and his military establishment as far less powerful now than when Desert Storm was launched. But he believes Saddam is surely far wiser about the strength of the U.S. "He had no respect for our military then," says the elder Bush. "He felt that we could not fight. Now he knows." What is worrisome to 41 is that the battle this time is murkier than in 1991. "In our case it was clearer because Saddam had invaded another country," he says. Weapons of mass destruction harbored and hidden within Iraq is a more difficult concept...
...isolated war; rather, it would be another front in the larger war to eradicate Islamic terrorism and its state sponsors. Delivered with his customary biting wit and hilarious pop-culture analogies, Miller’s recent remarks have been a breath of fresh air amidst a whirling storm of left-wing celebrity propaganda theories...
...Tuesday, March 11th), the Air Transport Association, a powerful Washington lobbying arm of the major U.S. airlines, will release a grim report on the industry - and the prospects for an even darker future. TIME has obtained a copy of the 34-page report, "Airlines in Crisis: The Perfect Economic Storm," which lays out four bleak scenarios for the industry...
...film Storm Center, which he co-wrote and directed, was about a librarian who refused to remove a book about Communism from her shelves...